Whip-actuating device



No. 781,458. PATENTED JUNE 23, 1903. s. HUGHES & W. F. TAYLOR.

PACKING APPLIUATION Hum AUG. 6. 1902.

l0 MODEL.

' WYYWIESSES I UNrTEn STATES SAMUEL HUGHES,

Patented June 23, 190B.

PATENT Orrrqos.

OF SUMMERVILLE, AND WILLIAM F. TAYLOR, OF

CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA.

PACKING.

Application filed August 8, 1902.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, SAMUEL HUGHES, 0f Summerville, county ofDorchester, and VIL- LIAM- F. TAYLOR, of Charleston, county of Charleston, State of South Carolina, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Packing; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

Our invention relates to an improvement in packing, the object of the invention being to provide an improved packing which will absorb and retain a large quantity of lubricant, the latter being used to saturate the separate strands before formingthe packing, and, further, to provide a packing in which the primary strandsare wound about with a wire or fiber and the core-strands notwound, but made soft and pliable to permit the primary strands to sink therein and shape the packing as desired.

With these. objects in view the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts, as will be more fully hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

In theaccompauying drawings, Figure 1 is a view in section, illustrating our improvements in course of construction; Fig. 2, a similar view after compression into shape,

I Fig. 3 is aview in section of the finished packing. Fig. 4 is a view in elevation, and Figs. 5 and 6 are views of a modification.

Our improved packing comprises a series of preferably eight primaryrstrands 1 and core-strands 2. In the smaller sizes of packing, such as shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4, but

four corner-cores 2 are provided, the packing being braided square in the ordinary way around the cores. In the larger forms of packing, such as shown in Figs. 5 and 6, a

tos or other fiber saturated with lubricant desired.

Serial No. 118,664. (No model) and are soft to yield to the primary strands 1 and permit the packing to shape itself as It will thus be seen that our improved packing consists of four or more soft; core-strauds saturated with lubricant and braided around with preferably eight primary strands wrapped with fine wire or fiber,

the individual strands comprisingthe pri-' mary strands being treated with lubricant before formed into the primary strands, thus resulting in a packing which will contain a large amount of lubricant and owing to the unwrapped cores so shape itself to the machinery as to accomplish the greatest possible usefulness.

A great many changes might be made in the general form and arrangement of the several. parts described without departing from our invention, and hence we would have it understood that we do not limit outsclves to the-precise construction set forth, but consider ourselves at liberty to make such slight changes and alterations as fairly fall within the spirit and scope of our invention.

Having fully described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure byLctters Patent, is-- l. A packing comprising core-strands saturated with lubricant, and primary strands braided around the core-strands and also saturated with lubricant, said primary strands only individually wrapped with a suitable protecting-strand. I

' 2. Apacking,comprisingcore-strands saturated with lubricant, primary strands com posed of one or more strands treated with lubricant before forming, and said primary strands braided around the core-strands and wire wrapping on the primary strands I only.

3. The method of making packing, consistin g in saturating core-strands with lubricant, saturating primary strands with lubricant,

wrapping each of said primarystrands with wire and braiding said core-strands with the primary strands.

In testimony whereof we specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

SAML. HUGHES. WILLIAM F. TAYLOR. Witnesses:

HORATIO C. HUGHES, JNo. P. De VEAUX.

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